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'Lost Discoveries': The Non-Western Roots of Science
http://nytimes.com/2002/12/01/books/review/01HALLLT.html ^pop
New York Times review of book by Dick Teresi on the contributions of Babylonians, Egyptians, Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Polynesians and Mesoamericans to the growth and development of the sciences. [Requires free registration.]

19th Century Scientific American
http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/ ^pop
Though very different from todays Scientific American Magazine, the articles of the 19th Century Scientific American is a nice read for students of this period.

4000 Years of Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html ^pop
Women's contributions to Science, from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century.

A Science and Technology Odyssey
http://www.science-ebooks.com/timeline ^pop
A Timeline of the History of Science and Technology from 20,000 BC to 1800.

A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
http://human-nature.com/reason/white/contents.html ^pop
Complete text of the 1896 classic by Andrew Dickson White.

A Science Odyssey
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/ ^pop
Presents the people and the discoveries of 20th century science and technology in a variety of accessible, and interactive Web features. Based on the PBS television series.

About Daylight Saving Time
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/ ^pop
History from Benjamin Franklin to the present. U.S. law and practice. Worldwide time change dates.

Alchemy Web and Virtual Library
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/index.html ^pop
Comprehensive library of imagery, symbols, music, alchemical texts and commentary. Not historical in ntent, but contains many useful historical sources.

Ancient Greece: Science and Technology
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Greeks.htm ^pop
Discusses early inventions, such as calculating devices, machines using gears, steam engines, war technology, and town planning. Some mathematicians included are Thales, Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes, and Appolonius. Some topical concepts covered are astronomical discoveries, prime numbers, evolution of the species, and measuring the circumference of the earth.

Ancient Greek Science
http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/ancientgreecescience ^pop
Learn about the scientists of Ancient Greece, what they have contributed to science, and information about their background.

Anyone Vague Science Essays
http://www.geocities.com/anyonevague/essays/ ^pop
Twentieth century scientists write about their discoveries and about the value of science.

Archive for history of science of the Natural History Museum, Vienna
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/NHM/Archiv/english2.html ^pop
Information about the Archive's collections of Letters (e.g. Goethe, Humboldt) and drawings (e.g Ferdinand Lucas Bauer).

Birr Castle Demesne
http://www.birrcastle.com/ ^pop
A science museum in Ireland devoted to the astronomical, engineering botantical and photographical work of the Parsons family.

Bright Sparcs
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/ ^pop
A biographical, bibliographical and archival database of more than 3,000 Australian scientists with links to related articles and images.

Calendars Through the Ages
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/ ^pop
History and FAQs of various calendars, including Julian, Gregorian, Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, and Mayan. Astronomy, years, months, and days of the week.

The Antikythera Mechanism
http://www.giant.net.au/users/rupert/kythera/kythera.htm ^pop
An ancient greek geared mechanism, apparently a device for astronomical calculation.

Carnegie Mellon University: Social Science History
http://www.hss.cmu.edu/departments/history/ssh-journal/
Reports research findings of the organization that crosses time and location for comparisons. Includes related association links.

Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries
http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/catalog.html
A collection of 631 detailed biographies of scientists. Part of the Galileo project, and compiled by the late Richard S. Westfall. The collection is searchable, but there does not appear to be a contents page.

Commentary On The Effects of Electricity On Muscular Motion
http://dibinst.mit.edu/BURNDY/OnlinePubs/Galvani/GalvaniIntro.htm
Facsimile of Galvani's original and an English translation.

Darwin-L Archives on the Historical Sciences
http://rjohara.net/darwin/
Archives of messages and supporting materials from Darwin-L, a professional discussion group on the history and theory of the historical sciences.

Dibner Institute for History of Science and Technology
http://dibinst.mit.edu
Research center at MIT, sponsors Fellows programs.

Echo Science and Technology Virtual Center
http://echo.gmu.edu/center.php
Annotated catalogue of history of science, technology, and medicine resources.

ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online
http://echo.gmu.edu/
Dedicated to using the internet to collect and assemble (for the historical record) personal recollections of recent developments in science and technology, and to encouraging others to undertake similar projects. Includes a directory of history of science and technology websites.

Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact/
Epact is an online database of medieval and Renaissance scientific instruments made before 1600 A.D.

Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography
http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/bios.html
Biography for a large number of scientists from Eric's good Treasure Trove project.

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